Both Uses
feint
in
The Lightning Thief
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- I got close enough to strike, tried to fake him out with a feint, but my blow was knocked aside.†
Chpt 20
- I landed behind him with a splash and feinted toward his head, as I'd done before.†
Chpt 20 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(feint) any distracting or deceptive maneuver; or the act of making the maneuverFeint is most typically used for physical maneuvers as when boxing, fencing, or moving troops where a mock attack diverts attention from the real attack. But it can also be used much more generally as when Charlotte Bronte wrote of "a mere feint of politeness."
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, feint is a non-standard spelling of faint in the sense of something that is barley perceptible.